A Megaraptor-like theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) in Australia: Support for faunal exchange across eastern and western Gondwana in the Mid-Cretaceous

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1647, 2008, Pages 2085-2093

  Smith, Nathan D ^a,b   Makovicky, Peter J ^a   Agnolin, Federico L ^c,d   Ezcurra, Martín D ^c   Pais, Diego F ^c   Salisbury, Steven W ^e,f  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Gondwana; Megaraptor; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MEGARAPTOR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; ULNA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 48749112593     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0504     Document Type: Article

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